Music has always been part of my life. When I was little I
listened to my parents sing in church. As I got older I listened and sang along
with my parents Letterman and Sandler and Young records. In high school I sang
in my school choir and the church choir and listened to Lionel Richie, the
BeeGees, Billy Joel and Bon Jovi with my friends. As an adult I participated in
church worship teams. Music has always been there. But I didn’t realize until
the last couple of years that, for me, music is a necessity – I literally
cannot live without it.
Life is strange.
You go through the day-to-day and while everything isn’t perfect, it is
okay and you can deal with the occasional twists and turns. But then the bottom
drops out of your world and it doesn’t take long for whatever reserves you had
to be depleted. It is funny though, life doesn’t stop when your reserves are
depleted and you have to figure out a way to keep going. I was praying, I was
trusting in God to help me, but it wasn’t enough. And that is where music stepped in.
Music is not just something I hear; some days it is my
prayers, some days it is my hope. I don’t understand how it works, but music is
able to go deep inside and pull things out of me - dreams I didn’t know were
there. Music gives me courage, it inspires me to keep going, it lets me know I
am not alone, and it reminds me that life is still fun and full of good things.
While my taste in music may not be everyone’s taste in
music, I will share a few of the songs that have kept me going over the last
year.
Not For A Moment – the Vertical Church Band with Meredith
Andrews
Worthy, Worthy – the Vertical Church Band
The Great I Am by Phillips, Craig, & Dean
You Won’t Let Go by Michael W. Smith
Let It Out and When We Come Alive by Switchfoot off of
their Fading West CD.
Dark Horses and Afterlife by Switchfoot off of Vice
Verses.
Never Let You Go by Manafest
On My Own by Ashes Remain
These songs have gotten hours of playtime; sometimes the
song is on repeat and I listen to it over and over again. There have been days
when I wished that I could somehow take in the music intravenously as I
couldn’t seem to get enough of it. And it never seems to be loud enough. Some
days that is how consumed I am by music.
I am going to close with a quote that pretty much sums it up
for me,
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